Foe stretching wet leathee



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IcHAoD W. DAWSON, oF NEWARK, v'NEW JERSEY. Letters Patent No. 66,131,elated lune 25, 1867.

IMPROVED FRAMEi FOR STREDTGHIN G WET LEATHER.

'ro ELL WHoM 1T MAY coNcERN:

Be itknown that LvIcHABoD DAWSON, of Newark, in the county of'Essex, andState of New Jersey, have invented a n ew and improved Frame forStretch-ing Wet Leather; and I do hereby declare thn-tthe follow ing isa. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will cm1-ble othersskilled in the art to make and use the sume, reference being hadV to theaccompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.z

I The gu're is n side view of my improved stretchingfrnnie, showing inred lines n. hide extended thereon.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved frame upon whichthe hides muy be extended for drying, which shall be so constructed thatthe hides, .tfter being extended Iupon the frame, may he stretched so nsto bring out all the Wrinkles, folds, gte., Yleaving the surface :of theleather smooth and better prepared for the subscquentoperntions; and itconsists in thecombination and arrangement ofthe dilferent parts of theframe as hereinafter more fully described. V

A a-nd B :ire the longitudinal bars of the frame. The bnr A issingle,`nnd has two cross-bars, C and D, securely attached to it nearits ends. The longitudinal bar B is mede double, the parts being kept ata. proper distance apart to receive the cross-bars C and D by strips,b1, to which the said parts are attached. E is en arm, the upper end ofwhich has n tenon formed upon 'it which is pivotcd in a. slot in the endbau' D. The har or a.rm E passes down in an inclined position, andenters the space between the parts of the bnr B, and rests against aninclined'hnryb-z, placed between and secured to the said parts of thcsaid bnr, as shownin dotted lines in the drawing. The hides, when tannedand ready to be dried, .are placed upon the frames, their edges' bei-ngtacked or otherwise secured to the bars of the frame, thc edges of theneck or forward part being tacked to the inclined bar E,.a.s shown inredin the figure. The longitudinnl bars A and B are then forced apart byordinary ljack-'screws placed between thc ends of the said bers, or byany other convenient means. AAs the bers A and B are forced apart theinclined piece b2 forces the erm or bnr E forward, so that the leatherwillbe stretched in both directions, 'leaving its surface free fromfolds and wrinkles, and perfectly smooth, thus being` in a. much betterstate to receive the subsequent operations.

I claim es new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combinationand arrangement ofthellongitudinul bars A and B, cross-bars C and D,inclined pivoted ber E, and inclined stationary bar 112, with eachother, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposeset forth.

IGHABOD W. DAWSON.

Witnesses:

FEED. WINANS,

WILLIAM H. GARRIsoN.

